Study Guide

Question 1

Acne

Answer 1

Blockage of the sebaceous glands

Question 2

Antibodies

Answer 2

Defense against diseases; locks down antigens

Question 3

Apocrine sweat glands

Answer 3

Empty into hair follicles; sweat, fatty substance, and protein; causes body odor

Question 4

Arrector Pili

Answer 4

Muscle responsible for causing goose bumps

Question 5

Asepsis

Answer 5

state of being free from disease-causing contaminants

Question 6

Bacteria

Answer 6

One-celled organisms involved in fermentation, putrefaction, infectious diseases, or nitrogen fixation

Question 7

Bedsores

Answer 7

Inflammation, sore, ulcer in the skin and underlying tissues over the bony areas when prolonged pressure or friction occludes the blood supply to the tissues

Question 8

Blood

Answer 8

Bodily fluid that delivers nutrients and oxygen to cells

Question 9

Communicable disease

Answer 9

transmitted from person to person by direct contace

Question 10

Convalescence

Answer 10

Gradual recovery of strength and health after an illness

Question 11

Conduction

Answer 11

the moving through a medium or passage

Question 12

Dermal of papilla

Answer 12

group of cells that form the structure directly below the hair follicle

Question 13

Dermatitis

Answer 13

itchy inflammation of the skin

Question 14

Dermis

Answer 14

skin layer between epidermis and subcutaneous tissues

Question 15

Dilate

Answer 15

wider or larger

Question 16

Disinfection

Answer 16

the process of killing pathogenic organisms

Question 17

Eccrine Glands

Answer 17

major sweat glands found all over the body

Question 18

Eczema

Answer 18

skin disorder that involves scaly and itchy skin

Question 19

Erythema

Answer 19

when the skin turns a reddish color

Question 20

External Epithelial Root

Answer 20

one of the two layers of the dermal root sheath

Question 21

Evaporation

Answer 21

water is converted from liquid to gas

Question 22

Fingerprints

Answer 22

friction ridges of a human finger

Question 23

Jaundice

Answer 23

yellow coloring of the skin

Question 24

Follicle

Answer 24

skin organ that produces hair

Question 25

Fungi

Answer 25

microorganisms such as yeast and molds

Question 26

Hair root

Answer 26

thin hairlike outgrowth of an epidermal cell

Question 27

Heat gain

Answer 27

when body heat is increased

Question 28

Heat loss

Answer 28

when body heat is decreased

Question 29

Hair shaft

Answer 29

part of hair above the skin

Question 30

Hypodermis

Answer 30

lowermost layer of the integumentary system

Question 31

Idiopathic

Answer 31

unknown cause

Question 32

Impetigo

Answer 32

contagious skin infection that usually produces blisters or sores on the face, neck, hands, and diaper area

Question 33

Incubation

Answer 33

development of an infection from the time the pathogen enters the body until signs or symptoms first appear

Question 34

Infection

Answer 34

the invasion of a host organism's bodily tissues by disease-causing organisms

Question 35

Inflammation

Answer 35

a protective tissue response to injury or destruction of tissues

Question 36

Keratin

Answer 36

structural material making up the outer layer of human skin

Question 37

Keratinocytes

Answer 37

the predominant cell type in the epidermis, the outermost layer of the skin, constituting 95% of the cells found there

Question 38

Lunula

Answer 38

the crescent-shaped whitish area of the bed of a fingernail or toenail

Question 39

Mammary glands

Answer 39

organ in female mammals that produces milk to feed young offspring

Question 40

Medical asepsis

Answer 40

state of being free of living pathogenic microorganisms

Question 41

Melanin

Answer 41

determines skin color

Question 42

Melanocytes

Answer 42

pigment-producing cells in the skin of humans

Question 43

Merkel cells

Answer 43

oval receptor cells found in the skin of vertebrates that have synaptic contacts with somatosensory afferents

Question 44

Pathogen

Answer 44

biological agent that causes disease or illness to its host

Question 45

Reticular layer

Answer 45

lower layer of the dermis, found under the papillary dermis, composed of dense irregular connective tissue

Question 46

Radiation

Answer 46

energy traveling through space

Question 47

Sebaceous glands

Answer 47

glands in the skin that secrete an oily/waxy matter, called sebum

Question 48

Sterilization

Answer 48

the elimination of microbiological organisms to achieve asepsis,

Question 49

Stratum basale

Answer 49

deepest layer of the dermis

Question 50

Virus

Answer 50

mall infectious agent that can replicate only inside the living cells of an organism